Editor’s Pick

It’s a fiery hot summer, and sixteen-year-old Jesse Wright is on the run. An oddly gifted boy, he arrives in a new city where the direction of his life is about to change. He’s hungry and lonely and desperate – and beset by visions of a stranger who is being brutally tortured. And then there are Jesse’s own memories of . . .

Not all superheroes are bigger than life

The Legion of Nothing is the story of Nick Klein and what happens when he takes on the identity (and powered armor) of “The Rocket.”
Originally his grandfather’s superhero identity, the powered armor comes with a lot of baggage. Ranging from his grandfather’s service in World War II to connections with other heroes (and villains), the past has a . . .

The Rules Have Changed

Sequel to Worm, Ward features a change of protagonists and takes place after the events of the first work.
Spoilers below.
The unwritten rules that govern the fights and outright wars between ‘capes’ have been amended: everyone gets their second chance. It’s an uneasy thing to come to terms with when notorious supervillains and even monsters are playing . . .

Cassidy Evans lives in a world of superheroes and supervillains. Born to a rich, prestigious family who genuinely and openly love and care for her, she has never truly wanted for anything. It is, in so many ways, a fairy tale life.
But Cassidy is about to learn that fairy tales come at a cost. Witnessing something horrific, something . . .

When Felicity ‘Flick’ Chambers boards the bus for the first day of her junior year in high school, the most important thing on her mind is how to make everyone else take the school newspaper as seriously as she does. As a self-styled investigative reporter, she’s spent years picking through the monotony of her small town to find those few . . .

Like many teenage girls, Naomi Wada would do almost anything for the musicians she admires, but she gets more than she bargained for when her favorite band The Goldfish Technique’s bassist sends his strange friend Falcon to her door. Naomi and her friends from the band’s online forum the Fishbowl must work together to uncover the mystery behind Falcon and . . .

Mav was eight when a Hellraiser attacked London, turning it into a city of islands. That day his power manifested, and he became a Titan.
Ten years later and the world is a different place. More Titans appear every year, ignoring the plights of ordinary people, using their power for their own gain. Tyrants rule the streets, enforcing their . . .

Am I human or a monster?

Years ago magic entered our modern world and changed everything. Twenty years later, the world has Access Facilities to help budding magic users and the MDE to help manage, police, and control magic. Raven Delias is a normal teenage girl who is getting her Core magic awakened like everyone her age. She just wants to get into a good school . . .

Gifted girl, cursed city

Nicoletta AKA Wisp has a gift: she shapes sunlight into floating spheres that can alert her of impending danger—which is fortunate since her home, a city tainted by the aftermath of a supervillain’s death, bears a curse. Toxic vapors rise from the sewers on hot summer days, snuffing out anything that lives at ground level.
No one is supposed . . .

One moment, Joichiro Nagase was minding his own business, eating his lunch in peace. The other, he and his entire class gets summoned to another world to act as a vanguard against forces of evil.
That goes as well as you’d expect, considering that the summoners rallied/kidnapped a bunch of students, putting their lives at risk, expecting them to . . .

Character-driven stories with an air of conspiracy.

A collection of several connected stories which can be read individually, with nods to the characters and plotlines of others. The stories available rotate every few months to different ones, so if there’s nothing which seems interesting at the moment, check back later! The overarching genre is modern supernatural with some low-concept sci-fi mixed in as well. Some stories have . . .

Not just your average teen blog

Hi guys!
My name is Amber A and this is my story . . . so far.
I’m just a typical Aussie teen living my life in Perth, WA. It’s 2004 and I’ve started Senior School this year, and I just KNOW that it’s not all going to be smooth sailing . . .
I have a dysfunctional family life, my friends are totally . . .

To tourists, Caribou Canyon is an idyllic Colorado mountain town—one made even more enjoyable by the ghost stories told at local inns. But outsiders don’t know about the frequent disappearances and grisly murders. The residents know, and they might care—if these weren’t the things that made them some of the richest and most powerful people in the world. As the . . .

Random Editorial Review

Jul 31, 2008: To me, the entire premise of the story was the most interesting thing about it. The summary gives hints of action, suspense and fantastical elements that are all a driving force in any read (if that’s your thing, anyway). Unfortunately I feel this story doesn’t quite follow through on the intrigue it promises, at least initially.

I labored through the first five chapters, not just because they were enormously long (which they were) but because nothing happens. Well, I shouldn’t say [more . . .]

Random Member Review

Oct 2, 2008: With that being said, it’s a bit disjointed so far. It starts off with the hook as the prologue. Most of the time I skip these and I probably could have skipped this one if it hadn’t tied in with the rest of the story. This is what confused me a bit and what caused me to think the story was disjointed. The story starts with the hook and that’s fine, but the first chapter is a bit of too mundane. I think the story should have started with the [more . . .]